Four Mortlach Reviews (30 Cadenhead, SMWS 76.127, 13 G&M, 20 Chieftain’s)

A few years ago I tried a Mortlach for the first time. And while I didn’t love it, I was intrigued. Here was a whisky that wasn’t sticking around. No one was talking about it. It was before the relaunch of the OBs, when only Gordon & Macphail was bringing them out regularly. I added […]

Mortlach 31 1987 Gordon & MacPhail Connoisseurs Choice – Cask Strength

Our sense of vision is pretty shitty in the animal kingdom. Compare it to a cat that can see better in the dark, or a hawk that can see much further, or even owls which got bits of both. But have any of them invented pop tarts? No, so let’s stick with humans for now. […]

Mortlach 24 1991 Signatory Cask Strength Collection

Thanks to /u/cake_my_day for pouring me this dram This is one of the ongoing review series I’m calling “Holy Crap I did too many of these at once and it comes across as muddled at best”, or rather, Day 13 of the Advent Calendar my wife put together for me in December that I’m only now posting. […]

Mortlach SMWS 76.122 “Complex, smooth and elegant”

Thanks to /u/lasidar for bringing this bottle to the end of year sample. Old as heck Mortlach is something I talk about quite a bit. And if I may repeat myself: Some distilleries make a product that needs time, some make one that needs to be cask strength, some need that cask influence (typically sherry), and some […]

Mortlach Rare Old

Thanks to /u/cpfselfbuilt for the sample. Mortlach has gone from “the Speyside we don’t know about” to being “the awkward elephant in the room of only Scotch nerds who don’t really know social niceties.” Yeah, that may be projecting. At least that’s it for me. A few years ago, I didn’t have many chances to try Mortlach […]

Mortlach SMWS 76.94 “Totally flavoursome” & Mortlach 25 1998 Cadenhead’s Authentic Collection

Thanks to /u/Boyd86 and /u/whisky_lads for these samples. A whisky distiller’s juice is an interesting thing. It speaks to the master distiller’s preferences, as well as using what he has around him. Yes, terroir is more so a set of beliefs in a region rather than the region’s inherent items affecting the taste too much (though it […]

Mortlach 1989 Murray McDavid [Feather’s Flight Review Set #16]

So I went to The Feathers Pub to review whiskies ahead of time for a tasting I’m running. I only needed to review two of them ahead of time, so I reviewed two more, because that’s how I do. The Mortlach 1989 Murray McDavid was one of the drams that we were chosen. I have […]

Mortlach 15 Duncan Taylor Dimensions

Thanks to /u/boyd86 for this sample Oddly enough, at one tasting I ended up is the first Duncan Taylor that I’ve ever had. And I started off the review by getting it mixed with the Laing family. Granted I had a few. Mortlach 15 Duncan Taylor Dimensions is, as you can figure out, selected by Duncan […]

Mortlach 15 (Gordon & MacPhail)

Thanks to /u/Schockwaves for this sample So close to 500 Scotch reviews. But why aren’t I reviewing something ridiculous, like a ex-Arrack cask Scotch that was aged in the Hebrides after having cherrywood smoke used to dry the malt. But let’s get away from my insane fever dream of a whisky and get to why, […]

Mortlach 21 Gordon & MacPhail

At a new bar now. No, I’m not drinking in addition to these posts. Well, one Brickworks Cider, and it was tasty, but still. We’re walking a lot and it’s vacation, stop giving me the third degree. As I’m a totally awesome person and husband, while picking a place to eat and drink for the […]